“The J-Town Jazz Club”

Directed
by Darrell Kunitomi
Musical Direction by Scott Nagatani
With Pre-Show 1940’s music performed by The Dan Taguchi Big Band

A group of Japanese Americans return to Little
Tokyo after three years in camp to find that the place they called home
has become an African American enclave known as “Bronzeville.”
Featuring famous blues tunes from the era, “The J-Town Jazz Club”
shares a little-known history when Little Tokyo was alive with new
people, new businesses and jazz legends like Charlie Parker brought the
blues to J-Town. Before the show, the “Dan Taguchi Big Band” will set
the tone with some favorite songs of the 1940’s.